Match-box.



S. G. HIRSGHBBRG.

MATCH BOX. APPVLIOATION FILED 1111.0. 1910. 1

982,363. Pafiented Jan. 24, 1911.

2 J0 4 I I 11 WITNESSESI 662.34g JAM-Am M SOLOMON CHARLES HIRSGHBERG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MATCH-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 24, 1911.

Application filed January 6, 1910. Serial No. 536,630.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, SOLOMON CHARLES Hmsornsnnc, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Match-Boxes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will onable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improved match-box and is designed to provide a match box that is adapted particularly for the holding of packetmatches, and consists of hinged members which swing together and can be secured in their closed position to protect the matches, and having, in one member, a perforation. A strip is arranged to slide inside the lid and has a perforation to register with the perforation in the lid, one of the edges of the perforation in the strip being sharpened so that when the strip is slid a cutting action is the result, thus forming a cigar-cutter. The end of the strip projects from the member that is perforated and forms a means for actuating the cutter and at the same time is disposed so that it can embrace the end of the other hinged member so as to lock the parts together.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a face view of the match-box closed, and Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a view of the match-box opened, and Fig. 1 is a section on line 4, 4, in Fig. 3,

being drawn on a slightly enlarged scale.

The match-box consists of two swinging members 10 and 11 which are hinged as at 12 so that they can be swung open and shut, the members being formed with marginal flanges 13 which give depth to the members and also abut adjacent to the hinge as at 141 to limit the outward movement or swing of the, members. One of the members, as 11, is provided with clips 15 which are adapted to hold a packet of matches 16, although these clips can be dispensed with and the box can be arranged to hold ordinary matches. The member 11 is also preferably provided with lips 17 slightly bent in from the sides to prevent undue twisting of the members and to take the strain from the hinge when the members are closed. The member 10 has a perforation 18 in the face thereof, the member also having, on its inner surface, a strip 19 which is perforated as at 20, one edge of the perforation being sharpened as at 21 so as to form a cutting edge. The strip 19 is adapted to slide, the sliding being possible on account of the slot 22 through which the rivet 23 passes, the rivet being secured to the member 10, is being shown particularly in Fig. 1. The edge or flange of the member 10 is perforated as at 2 1 to permit the strip 19 to have the portion 25 project therefrom, the projecting end being bent into an approximately U-shaped end 26 and the turned up lip 27 on its end, the lip 27 forming a ready means for pushing the thumb against the strip for forcing it out of engagement with the match-box, that is, from the position shown in Fig. 2. The U-shaped end forms a means for manipulating the cutter and also for embracing the member other than the one to which it is attached to lock the members together.

V hen the members are swung together the strip is slid to lock the members, the perforations 1S and 20 are out of register and the opening in the box is closed as shown in Fig. 1. \Vhen the projecting end of the strip is actuated to release the members so that they can be swung apart, the cutter is automatically placed in position to cut as shown in Figs. 3 and 41. It is thus impossible to cut a cigar when the box is closed, and there is no possibility of having the cut ends or tips of cigars confined in the closed box. The box is readily opened by one hand, being taken in the palm of the hand, and the thumb is then used to press the lip 27 to slide the strip 19 to put the membors in position to be swung apart, and also open the cutter to a position to cut. \Vhen the box is closed the perforation in the lid is also closed, and dirt from the pocket will not enter into the box.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1.. A match-box comprising two hinged members, one of the members being perforated, and a strip arranged on the inside of the perforated member and projecting therefrom, the end of the strip being bent to form a U-shaped end, which U-shaped end is adapted to embrace the outside of the other hinged member to hold the match-box shut,

the strip being provided with a perforation with a sharpened edgeto form a cigar-cutter in conjunction with the perforation in the hinged member, the perforation in the strip being so disposed that it is not in register with the perforation in the member when the U-shaped end is pushed in to its looking position and to bring the perforation in the strip in register with the perforation in the member when the strip is slid to unlock the two members so that they can swing.

2. A match-box comprising two hinged 1 members, one of the members being perforated, a strip arranged to slide on the inside of the perforated member, the strip projecting from the end of the perforated member and having a U-shaped end, which U-shaped 3 end is adapted to embrace the other member to hold the member shut and forms the only means for locking the boX and also acts as a means for operating the cutter, the strip being perforated and having one edge sharpened, the perforation in the strip being so disposed that it is in register with the perforation in the member when the strip is slid to permit the box to be opened, the perforation in the strip being adapted to be out of register with the perforation in the member when the strip is slid to its inner position, and a lip on the U-shaped member to form means for grasping the U-shaped end when the box is locked.

3. A match-box comprising two hinged members, one of the members being adapted to retain matches, a rivet in the other member, the other member also having a perforation between the rivet and its outside end, a strip arranged to slide on the inside of the perforated member, the strip having a slot to fit over the rivet to retain the strip against the member, the end of the strip projecting from the end of the perforated member and being bent into a U-shaped end which is adapted to embrace the match retaining member to lock the match-box, the strip being perforated with the perforation between the slotted end and the U-shaped end and being so disposed that it is in register with the perforation when the strip is slid to its open position and to be out of register With the perforation in the member when the strip is slid to the position in which it looks the members together.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of December 1909.

SOLOMON CHARLES HIRSOHBERG.

Witnesses W. H. RUBY, DANIEL J. BURKE. 

